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Chelsea Wolfe is a transgender BMX freestyle rider who will compete in the Olympics against biological women. And Wolfe is not shy about stating what her goals are: My goal is to win the Oly… Read More
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2021-06-25 13:58
Just a quick one for today, on Twitter from back in April (surprisingly, the account is now deleted): i hate white people so much its not even funny This creature is a trans activist, obviou… Read More
2021-06-24 12:53
The latest step in Hollywood’s continuous effort to race- and gender-swap the entirety of the Western popular culture canon for the sake of radical political activism was Disney’… Read More
2021-06-23 14:02
I’ll freely confess that I have no idea if this individual is just a troll, a deeply disturbed mentally ill person, or a genuine radical feminist (of course, the last two options are s… Read More
2021-06-22 13:40
Jerome is best known for his classic Three Men in a Boat, published in 1889. This comedic travelogue paved the way for the sort of conversational humour that was later associated with P. G… Read More
2021-06-21 18:29
This one made the rounds a few years back in the wake of the MeToo hysteria. It’s from a notorious op-ed in The Washington Post entitled “Why can’t we hate men,” by s… Read More
2021-06-20 11:10
I plan on making this a recurring feature, for future reference purposes if nothing else, so let’s start off with the following charming example: I had fantasies of unloading a revolve… Read More
2021-06-19 10:42
Like so many others I discovered Tolkien long ago as a teenager. I never cared much for The Hobbit (if we’re brutally honest it’s really just a silly story for kids), but The Lor… Read More
2021-06-18 11:39
This was at a time when Lovecraft was transitioning from his brief technocratic phase in the early 1930s into the Fabian socialist phase that characterized the final years of his life. Lovec… Read More
2021-06-17 13:39
This is an ever-expanding list of people who provide at least a little glimmer of hope in the midst of all the darkness:
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: we have a generation of young pe… Read More
2021-06-16 13:26
So, I got my PhD yesterday. Woo, hurrah, celebrations, a bright academic career ahead of me, right?
No.
I hardly need to spell out why. Anyone who knows anything about academia knows w… Read More
2017-05-17 07:56
Over the past few weeks I have occasionally asked readers (are there any?) to help me out in spreading the word to increase traffic and get more interest in this blog, etc.
As I expected, th… Read More
2017-05-15 16:08
Last week was quite a week in the world of Lovecraft-related happenings, the biggest news undoubtedly being the reboot of Hellboy that is officially happening with David Harbour (of Stranger… Read More
2017-05-08 13:50
Fantasy Flight Games: Preview of the Undimensioned and Unseen Mythos Pack for Arkham Horror: The Card Game.
Science will fail you. Weapons will fail you. Your whole concept of reality will… Read More
2017-05-02 15:43
Check that out here.
The campaign includes several new titles, as well as bundles with previously published books. New titles include The Red Brain: Great Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Demiur… Read More
2017-05-02 15:24
Lots of new upcoming stuff from Hippocampus Press, including H. P. Lovecraft: Letters to C. L. Moore and Others, Collected Fiction Volume 4 (Revisions and Collaborations): A Variorum Edition… Read More
2017-04-25 10:37
I keep running late with these updates, but never fear, I do get them posted eventually! Also, it might motivate me to get my ass in gear if I see that people actually find these posts usefu… Read More
2017-04-18 16:37
Easter has come and gone, and this is what happened in the world of Lovecraft last week:
Fantasy Flight Games: Blood on the Altar is now available, and a deluxe expansion called The Path to… Read More
2017-04-11 17:26
Fantasy Flight Games: A preview of the Blood on the Altar expansion for Arkham Horror: The Card Game.
In Blood on the Altar, as you and your fellow investigators explore the connections bet… Read More
2017-04-03 16:32
Fantasy Flight Games: The sixth and final mythos pack in The Dunwich Legacy has been announced, and it’s called Lost in Time and Space.
The latest from S. T. Joshi includes an announc… Read More
2017-03-27 13:55
Undertheradar: Interview with sludge/doom metal band Cough about Lovecraft, among other things. Their latest album, Still They Pray, has excerpts from Lovecraft’s texts.
From the inter… Read More
2017-03-20 12:36
Rhode Island Monthly: Party with H.P. Lovecraft at Cabinet of Curiosities (this was a fundraiser last Thursday to support the Lovecraft Providence Statue Project).
Gizmodo lists nine movies… Read More
2017-03-13 09:59
Shoggoth.net is looking for scenario writers for Cthulhu RPGs.
Bam Smack Pow takes a look at Big Trouble in Little China/Escape from New York #6:
Six issues of Kurt Russell crossovers have c… Read More
2017-03-07 15:50
Check that out here:
It’s almost time to return to the Arenas, so dust off your rocket jumping and Railgun skills – sign-ups for the highly anticipated Closed Beta for Quake Cham… Read More
2017-03-06 09:11
Tesla vs Lovecraft: Big Fish.
ZAM: Conarium is lore-heavy Lovecraft:
If Conarium can claim anything, it can claim that it’s accurate to the HP Lovecraft Experience. It’s got accu… Read More
2017-02-28 14:57
Support here:
Elder Dice are the perfect gaming dice for the Lovecraftian gamer. We have designed three different dice sets, each packaged in a matching spellbook box with a magnetic closure… Read More
2017-02-28 12:54
Deep Madness is a Lovecraft-inspired board game on Kickstarter that was funded in November last year, to the tune of almost $1.5 million. In the latest production update the project creators… Read More
2017-02-27 12:22
ToyChestnews: Aliens/Predator PX prototype figures from Hiya Toys (at Toy Fair 2017).
To the surprise of no one: Hellboy 3 is officially dead for good. That’s it. The end. Finito. It&r&hell…Read More
2017-02-20 08:49
Gamasutra: Paul Matijevic writes about the Lovecraftian inspiration behind Breakfast Cult (a “visual novel” based on this RPG is now on Kickstarter, but is not likely to make it)… Read More
2017-02-12 13:58
Only two announcements from Fantasy Flight this week (unless I missed something): The Investigators of Arkham Horror is now available at retailers, and here’s a preview of The Miskaton… Read More
2017-02-06 15:05
First, some announcements from Fantasy Flight Games: here, here, and here (I can’t access the FFG site right now, for whatever reason, so I only have the links I saved earlier last wee… Read More
2017-01-31 15:34
All games in Lovecraft news last week:
Dork Tower has a mini Call of Cthulhu RPG arc going on, check that out here, here, and here.
Undimensioned and Unseen is the fourth Mythos Pack in The… Read More
2017-01-27 16:48
Already funded, with more than a month still to go:
Fear’s Sharp Little Needles is a grand collection of Call of Cthulhu 7th edition scenarios in a modern setting (easily convertible t… Read More
2017-01-22 16:04
The Unspeakable Oath looks at some Lovecraft-related board games.
PC Gamer: Sundered is doing well on Kickstarter.
Bloody Disgusting: “Guillermo del Toro Getting Serious About ‘H… Read More
2017-01-20 21:30
And what is Seventh Cross? It’s a board game from Level 99 Games, described on BoardGameGeek as follows:
The year is 1920. Beneath the surface of society, an ancient and enigmatic Chur… Read More
2017-01-19 19:51
The first one was Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom – I haven’t seen it yet, but from what I hear it was… not great. I also didn’t much care for the graphic no… Read More
2017-01-19 19:34
There’s a launch party and it’s today (on Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday).
As for the beer itself:
Brewed with Chocolate Rye, Cara Red, Carafa Special 1 and Pilsner malts, The… Read More
2017-01-19 19:23
Check it out here (or here), and there’s a quote from Cyanide game designer Jean-March Gueney here.
Looks… promising Read More
2017-01-15 14:44
Chapters 1-5 of Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys are available here, for those who like that sort of thing.
A Polish cosmic horror game by a guy named Paweł Koźmiński is in the w… Read More
2017-01-10 09:32
Like this one:
Check out the rest here Read More
2017-01-10 07:47
From an update to his previous Kickstarter project:
PETE VON SHOLLY’S MONSTERBOOK is the title and it’s a 3-volume affair featuring an “art of me” selection and vario… Read More
2017-01-09 19:20
Yet another version of Love Letter, and this one, to be released by AEG, was pretty inevitable:
A mind-shattering journey into the world of HP Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos warped into t… Read More
2017-01-09 17:12
The latest update from S.T. Joshi (January 2).
Hippocampus Press: Collected Fiction: A Variorum Edition: Revisions and Collaborations will be out in February and is available for pre-order (… Read More
2017-01-07 14:32
I got inspired, if that’s the right word, to do this rant by reading this miserable entry from the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy. It is, once again, for about the trillionth time, t… Read More
2017-01-06 10:04
Already funded:
The Star on the Shore is a sandbox adventure in a small coastal town with over 30 NPCs to interact with. Some are helpful, some are oblivious and some are hiding in plain sig… Read More
2017-01-02 18:07
Game Industry News: Spending the holidays with my Cthulhu Virtual Pet.
Bloodborne Official Artworks to be released in May.
Star-Telegram: Escape rooms are becoming a trend in DFW. Here&rsquo&hell…Read More
2016-12-27 17:13
One more week to go and then 2016 is done (finally).
Delta Green: “Future/Perfect” adapted for Delta Green: The Role-Playing Game.
Starr Creek is a novella by a new author named… Read More
2016-12-20 13:47
Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys take a look at Cherie Priest’s “Bad Sushi” in the Lovecraft reread.
greydogtales: “Did H P Lovecraft receive his concept of cosm… Read More
2016-12-17 10:37
This is a collection of ten unpainted cultist miniatures for use in fantasy, pulp, and horror gaming, from Midlam Miniatures. Go here to back it (already funded with a good margin) Read More
2016-12-13 13:25
Polygon has a review of The Unspoken, a game for the Oculus Touch controller: “On the one hand, I think Cthulhu’s Tentacles as a spell may be a bit over-powered, and you basicall… Read More
2016-12-09 13:47
According to this press release a few days ago:
Independent game developer 10tons Ltd. announced today Tesla vs Lovecraft, a top-down arena shooter game inspired by the historic inventor Nik… Read More
2016-12-03 16:30
Time to empty the backlog:
A story from last week about the legal battle between James W. Dyer and Derrick Hussey (founder of Hippucampus Press) over four Lovecraft-related short stories wri… Read More
2016-12-03 16:30
Time to empty the backlog:
A story from last week about the legal battle between James W. Dyer and Derrick Hussey (founder of Hippucampus Press) over four Lovecraft-related short stories wri… Read More
2016-11-29 07:17
This popped up on Twitter a few days ago:
And before that there was this, back in March.
I only hope this isn’t going to be yet another legacy game. The idea of permanently ruining no… Read More
2016-11-27 11:48
There’s a review of Matt Ruff‘s Lovecraft Country in the Lovecraft Reread at Tor.com.
And there’s a short review of Victor LaValle‘s The Ballad of Black Tom at The Ok… Read More
2016-11-23 15:16
Where are all the aliens? Scotty Hendricks at Big Think lists some common solutions to the Fermi Paradox, among them the Great Filter. I myself like to define that one as follows: A civiliza… Read More
2016-11-20 21:20
Movie Pilot reviews Arrival, an “almost-Lovecraftian masterpiece,” and there’s another review at the Lovecraft eZine about the Lovecraftian themes in the film.
There’… Read More
2016-11-17 14:35
Now that Arrival is in movie theaters, there’s a brief but interesting discussion with Seth Shostak at Space.com about likely consequences if aliens were to appear for real:
1. There w… Read More
2016-11-16 11:16
Kickstarter has now been opened to project creators from Mexico – and one of the very first projects to result from that is of course a board game with a Cthulhu Mythos theme. It&rsquo&hell…Read More
2016-11-16 10:42
Time to start catching up on stuff.
I’m going to continue covering things of interest to Lovecraftians in particular and weird fiction aficionados in general, but since this is a perso… Read More
2016-11-10 16:35
Mostly this is because I am currently rebuilding my study or home office or whatever you want to call it, and the chaos level here is up to eleven at the moment. After that I’m finally… Read More
2016-11-06 19:18
UndeadViking takes a look at Cthulhu Crusades here (now on Kickstarter).
Zee Garcia from the Dice Tower does a solitaire review of Arkham Horror: The Card Game.
A review of The Dunwich Horro… Read More
2016-11-04 20:45
Check it out:
Mythic Wars: Clash of the Gods is the bold, new card-and-dice game from Excalibre Games, where up to 8 players can join in a battle of mythic proportions, building factions fro… Read More
2016-11-02 16:06
The Harvard Crimson:
On the more modern side, Houghton also has plenty of materials connected to 20th-century American horror icon H. P. Lovecraft. Emilie Hardman, Houghton’s Research… Read More
2016-11-02 15:54
Gothic horror in Victorian times, steampunk weird science – and now the Cthulhu Mythos is added to the mix:
This book is an expansion designed for use with Leagues of Adventure, a role… Read More
2016-10-28 14:09
Offer valid until November 1 Read More
2016-10-26 15:06
Check it out here:
Cthulhu Crusades is a fast paced card game, as much about chance as strategy, set in the dark Middle Ages under the sway of the Necronomicon.
The artwork is by fantasy car… Read More
2016-10-24 14:56
According to various sources: The film will be out in 2018, it is based on the popular Japanese trading card game Force of Will, and it will consist of six segments – one of which, cal… Read More
2016-10-23 12:12
Designers Nate French and Matt Newman talk about the game for about 46 minutes here Read More
2016-10-23 12:07
Check that out here.
DUSK is a retro FPS inspired by Doom and Quake, and it will be out next year Read More
2016-10-21 17:35
Check that out here, 26 minute video with final thoughts at about 19:50 Read More
2016-10-21 17:28
And already funded.
Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea is the creation of Jeffrey P. Talanian (Castle Zagyg, Charnel Crypt of the Sightless Serpent, Mystery at Port Greely)… Read More
2016-10-19 18:17
For $259:
It’s made from polystone, and it’s about 17 cm in height (6-7 inches).
Designed by Paul Komoda and painted by David Dill.
(Via Action Figure Insider.) Read More
2016-10-17 11:53
Broken Eye Books:
Following on our anthology Tomorrow’s Cthulhu, we’re launching a themed anthology series of weird horror set in or inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos.
The next rele… Read More
2016-10-16 17:06
Funded with 27 days to go.
Bestialwars miniatures is glad to introduce Q’Thulu, a model sculpted by Danilo DeFrancesco and cast in white metal. Shipped with a textured scenic resin bas… Read More
2016-10-16 13:33
Brooklyn Daily:
An expert movie-maker will reveal his secrets for adapting writer H.P. Lovecraft’s tales of ghoulish fish-men and faceless flying devils for the silver screen during a… Read More
2016-10-16 13:17
Check that out here (behind a paywall).
Children of Lovecraft gets a mention (this collection is edited by Lovecraft-hater Ellen Datlow, who nevertheless keeps pumping out these anthologies… Read More
2016-10-16 12:27
Know Theatre:
Know Theatre is proud to present a world premiere site specific event created with Hit the Lights! Theatre Co. and inspired by the classic horror fiction of H.P. Lovecraft.
Par… Read More
2016-10-16 12:20
Puppeteers for Fears is “Southern Oregon’s only all-original, all-local, theater company,” and they have a Halloween show with puppets this month called “Cthulhu: the… Read More
2016-10-15 18:35
This is a “co-operative game for 1-6 players with amazingly detailed miniatures, depicting a sci-fi horror world inspired by Lovecraft’s work.”
In a dark and claustrophobic… Read More
2016-10-15 10:13
Dark Horse will publish a trade paperback edition of Calla Cthulhu by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer next year, and it will go on sale August 16:
Calla Cthulhu, originally published by Stela, is… Read More
2016-10-12 08:29
I can understand why, since there’s no chance that film will ever happen… This is what Perlman had to say in a recent interview for Screen Rant:
Pressed for why, Perlman said, … Read More
2016-10-10 17:04
Another announcement from two weeks ago, Sundered is a replayable Metroidvania from Thunder Lotus Games, described as follows by creative director William Dubé:
Sundered is a horrifyi… Read More
2016-10-10 07:57
This is a book with RPG adventures, set in “the most haunted house in the world, presented with multiple storylines, in multiple time periods, and for multiple RPG systems,” and… Read More
2016-10-09 17:06
Metal Underground:
“Lyric-wise, ‘Beneath The Relics Of Old’ is inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘At The Mountains Of Madness’, completing our vision of descen… Read More
2016-10-07 14:29
I’m trying to catch up on old stories that have accumulated over the past few weeks (there are a lot), so here’s one from two weeks ago:
In this mod, Lovecraft will be added to y… Read More
2016-10-06 14:58
PREVIEWSworld:
The definitive Alien and Predator figurine collection, presenting characters from the Alien, Predator, AVP and Prometheus movie franchises, in terrifyingly realistic detail at… Read More
2016-10-04 19:10
Barker is always listed high among the big names in horror that have been strongly inspired and influenced by Lovecraft, right up there with Stephen King, Guillermo del Toro, and all the oth… Read More
2016-10-04 18:45
The people behind iClassics offer something they call Literature 3.0, which is a concept that “fuses the best of literature with art, technology, illustration, animation and music.&rdq&hell…Read More
2016-10-02 08:46
Providence Monthly:
At the corner of Meeting and Prospect there is a privately owned tan house with a red door. There is no sign or other acknowledgement that it was the last home of writer… Read More
2016-09-30 16:38
If, like me, you’re a fan of both 4X games and cosmic horror, then this should be very good news:
Leviathans will be adding “Powerful space entities with mysterious origins and m… Read More
2016-09-28 11:52
Kill Screen:
Living in the Northeast of the United States, David Szymanski grew up surrounded by the eerie woods and old buildings that dot the landscape in that part of the country. This is… Read More
2016-09-28 11:32
Lots of interesting stuff on the comics front lately. Issue 1 of Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme will be out October 26, and here’s the synopsis:
An ancient evil threatens to… Read More
2016-09-27 15:47
Fangoria:
High end fantasy has always had a warm home next to horror ever since H.P. Lovecraft birthed Cthulhu on the unexpected populace of post war 1930’s. While he may not be the fi… Read More
2016-09-26 10:33
Tomorrow, “with a few bonuses” for the console, and here are five reasons to check out the game Read More
2016-09-24 09:22
Check it out:
Openly wearing its inspiration on its sleeve (Olive even has a certificate from Miskatonic University), Stewart Sparke’s The Creature Below is a surprisingly grim Lovecra… Read More
2016-09-20 17:37
Re-Animator: Evolution will be a “modern rendition” of Lovecraft’s story, according to co-writer Johnathon Schaech (who will also play Herbert West), and “we’re… Read More
2016-09-19 14:22
So far, a little more than $2,000 has been raised of the $17,000 goal, with a month left to go. Check it out here.
(Via Gamasutra.) Read More
2016-09-17 18:07
Issue one was funded in April, here’s issue two:
NESS is a four-part, full colour comic miniseries set in Scotland, on the world-famous shores of Loch Ness. It has monsters, action, ad… Read More
2016-09-15 13:11
Crunchyroll News:
Horror manga author and H.P. Lovecraft aficianado Gou Tanabe has begun serialization of a new manga adaptation based on Lovecraft’s most ambitious novella, At the Mou… Read More
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